James Crowley

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James Crowley (died 21 January 1946) was an Irish nationalist and politician. He was born in County Kerry. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers. He was elected in the 1918 Westminster Election as a Sinn Féin MP for the constituency of Kerry North. During the War of Independence he was interned in the Curragh. He was elected in the 1921 general election as a Sinn Féin TD for Kerry-Limerick West and was released after the truce. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty. He was re-elected in the 1922 general election as a Sinn Féin TD and subsequently as a Cumann na nGaedhael TD in the 1923 general election for Kerry. He lost his seat in the 1932 general election and retired from politics.

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